2021 Regular Session

Provides for liability relative to the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Danny McCormick

Authorizes judges of the City Court of Shreveport to serve as an attorney member of a medical review panel

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for state agency partnerships to improve Medicaid administration and program integrity (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Establishes an income and corporate franchise tax credit for Class II and Class III railroads (EN -$2,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Exempts certain educational institutions from state sales and use tax on the lease or rental of tangible personal property (EN -$200,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana State Racing Commission

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides relative to immovable property in successions

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides relative to termination of emergency declarations

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Provides with respect to the severance tax exemption for stripper wells (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Danny McCormick

Provides relative to the Louisiana Uniform Local Sales Tax Board and the Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque

Provides relative to prohibition on certain governmental entity contracts with companies that discriminate against firearm and ammunition industries (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides for the regulation of certain advertisements for legal services. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms. (8/1/21) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Morris

Requires certain absentee ballots to be delivered to an employee of the registrar of voters. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Provides relative to voting systems. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to the compensation of intercollegiate athletes for the use of their name, image, or likeness. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Requires the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a voluntary environmental self-audit program

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Provides for $100,000 death benefit for an employee of the Department of Transportation and Development who is killed in a hazardous situation in the course and scope of his employment (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Provides for advertisement of judicial sales

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides relative to the Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation and Water Conservation District

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Provides relative to the reporting and sharing of occupational information and employment information (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides relative to the designation of highway safety corridors by the Department of Transportation and Development and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Sponsor: Pat Moore

Creates the crime of adoption deception (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides relative to the governance and funding of the Special School District, which provides special education services through its schools and programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Scott McKnight

Establishes an income tax credit for certain funeral and burial expenses for certain pregnancy-related deaths (EN -$75,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Requires reporting of certain information relating to minors who undergo abortions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Provides relative to the unlawful posting of criminal activity (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides relative to net operating loss deductions on Louisiana corporation income. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Requires the governing authority of each public school to develop and adopt policies for the installation and operation of video cameras in certain classrooms. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Establishes the Louisiana Youth Jobs Tax Credit Program and tax credits for the employment of eligible apprentices (EN -$1,200,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Establishes the M.J. Foster Promise Program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN -$11,100,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Provides for the Louisiana work opportunity tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Requires postsecondary education institutions to post reports relative to campus security policies and campus crime statistics on their websites (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Exempts the Iberia Parish Airport Authority from the public lease law applicable to certain properties

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Establishes and provides for the Power-Based Violence Review Panel. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to the applicability of certain lease terms to the Shreveport Downtown Airport

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Provides relative to reporting of students identified as having dyslexia (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Provides relative to prescription

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana in raw or crude form and limits the dispensing of such product

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Provides relative to early literacy. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides for an African-American military service members monument in the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to the preparation and verification process of absentee and early voting ballots prior to election day (EN +$129,600 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides for payment of health insurance provider claim payment claims. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides for the disposition of funds generated by sports wagering. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Provides relative to peace officers

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides relative to residential lease applications

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Creates a literacy program for certain public school students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Scott McKnight

Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at certain infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides relative to video draw poker devices

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides for liability for damages caused by sexual assault

Sponsor: Ed Larvadain

Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to non-gaming economic development activities by the casino gaming operator (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Requires in-service training for teachers and certain other school personnel on adverse childhood experiences and trauma-informed education. (gov sig) (EN +$160,384 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Enacts the Foster Youth's Bill of Rights for youth ages fourteen through eighteen in foster care. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to microwineries

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Provides relative to reimbursement rates for certain ventilation treatments

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Exempts certain mobile workers from individual income tax and their employers from withholding tax. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides relative to treatment facilities for mental health patients

Sponsor: Wayne McMahen

Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in East Baton Rouge Parish

Sponsor: Ed Larvadain

Provides relative to the joint legislative committee on technology and cybersecurity

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Increases the number of commissioners for the presidential preference primary election (EN +$1,449,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Reduces the tax rates for purposes of calculating individual income tax liability and calculating the tax liability of estates and trusts and eliminates and modifies certain income tax deductions (EN -$600,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to the dedication of state lands to the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC)

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides relative to reserves for insurers

Sponsor: Larry Frieman

Provides relative to employment discrimination (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Requires newly constructed public school buildings and those undergoing major plumbing renovations to be equipped with water bottle filling stations (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Provides for removal of deceased persons from voter registration rolls (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides for severance tax exemptions and site-specific trust funds for certain orphan wells. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides relative to securities lending (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Illg

Establishes income tax incentives for taxpayers related to fostering and adopting certain infants and children (EN -$687,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Accelerates the sunset date for the tax credit for the conversion of alternative fuel vehicles. (7/1/21) (EN +$478,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Extends the period for early voting prior to election day in presidential elections (EN +$408,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Frederick Jones

Provides for the adjustments of ad valorem millages. (See Act)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides for mandatory kindergarten attendance and requires compulsory school attendance beginning at age five. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to the exchange of certain property between the University of Louisiana System and the City of Lafayette

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Provides relative to the position of deputy chief of police in the city of Oakdale

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Dedicates a portion of the taxes collected on certain surplus lines of insurance (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides for the waste tire program in the Department of Environmental Quality. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Expresses condolences on the death of Christopher L. "Chris" Duncan

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides relative to misleading solicitations by nongovernmental entities

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides with respect to healthcare records

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Provides relative to enforcement of the state uniform construction code

Sponsor: Foy Gadberry

Expresses condolences on the death of James Wesley Quillin

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to occupational licenses for dependents of healthcare professionals

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Provides relative to homeowner's insurance claims settlement practices

Sponsor: Brett Geymann

Provides relative to appointment of special masters in certain civil actions arising within a parish included in a major disaster declaration (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides for the composition and authority of the Allen Parish Capital Improvements Board

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Provides with respect to fiscal intermediary services contracts in state information technology procurement (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides for certain claims settlement practices

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Provides relative to employer's unemployment compensation contribution rates

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Directs a joint subcommittee to study certain contractual restrictions on the practice of medicine

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Allows the spouse of a public servant to be employed by a person who has or who is seeking a business or financial relationship with the agency of the public servant under specified circumstances

Sponsor: Foy Gadberry

Memorializes the United States Congress to encourage the Federal Aviation Administration to protect the rights of airline passengers against misleading baggage and other ancillary fees

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Provides relative to the Orleans Parish Civil District Court judicial building fund. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides relative to the effective date of certain provisions regarding the financial obligations of criminal offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Continues the Unemployment Compensation and Trust Fund Task Force

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Expresses the condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana on the death of Quinon Odell "Homeboy" Pitre

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to state income tax withholdings on federal disaster unemployment compensation benefits and increases the maximum weekly benefit amount (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to convene an opioid action summit

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides relative to amendment of petitions in delinquency proceedings

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Provides relative to penalties for possession of marijuana (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to conduct a study to determine the final destination of oyster shells removed from Louisiana waters

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Establishes reporting requirements to the Department of Revenue for businesses and governmental entities using service providers. (7/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Reinstates the state sales tax exemption on sales of construction materials to Habitat for Humanity affiliates and for construction of new animal shelters. (7/1/21) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Authorizes members of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System to purchase additional service credits at the time of retirement (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Requires the St. James Parish assessor to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for certain retirees of the assessor's office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Requests the House Committee on Judiciary to study the practices of craft brewers

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study health and safety best practices for use of school-issued digital devices

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

(Constitutional Amendment) Limits the amount of the increase in the assessed value of certain immovable property in Orleans Parish following reassessment of property for purposes of ad valorem taxes (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Provides for automobile insurance coverage for transportation network drivers. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides for uniform definitions of independent contractor and employee and for penalties for the misclassification of employees. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (1/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF RV See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Expresses condolences on the death of Judah Hertz and posthumously commends his contributions to the city of Shreveport, Louisiana

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to the jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Sulphur

Sponsor: Les Farnum

Provides for the Peace Officer and Public Safety Personnel Peer Support and Mental Health Wellness Act. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the maximum amount of monies in certain funds that may be invested in stocks (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Provides for the transfer and use of certain monies to the Oilfield Site and Restoration Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides relative to fees for services by constables and marshals

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides for regulation of leases of land for solar farms. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Constitutional amendment to reduce the maximum rate of individual income tax and to provide for a federal income tax deduction as provided by law.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides for the number of board members of the Louisiana Housing Corporation. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Expresses condolences on the death of Baton Rouge Police Department Corporal Casey Hart

Sponsor: Edward James

Directs the House Committee on Commerce, or a subcommittee thereof, to study the potential role of blockchain technology in the state

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Commends the Louisiana State University at Eunice baseball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association 2021 Division II National Championship

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Expresses condolences on the death of Paul Slocomb West

Sponsor: Scott McKnight

Requests a study of the disposition of dogs used in dogfighting

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Provides relative to the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Commends De La Salle High School senior Ja'Marian Peterson on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class 3A boys' shot put title

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Provides relative to the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Malinda White

Creates the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)

Sponsor: Travis Johnson

Creates the "West Feliciana Parish Schools" and the "En français S.V.P" specialty license plate

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Requires the playing or singing of the national anthem prior to certain athletic contests. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Constitutional amendment to provide for the adjustment of ad valorem millages. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides relative to the Department of Transportation and Development and the State Highway Improvement Fund for the expenditure of money (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Creates a task force to study issues associated with the direct-to-consumer shipment of wine in Louisiana

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Provides relative to solicitors (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Authorizes St. Tammany Parish to require testing for secondary contaminants in drinking water

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Prohibits insurance companies from including defense costs within the limits of liability except under certain circumstances. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Provides relative to financing utility storm repairs and strengthening and stabilizing utilities. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to civil involuntary outpatient treatment for persons suffering from mental illness

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Establishes a fee to support testing and monitoring for harmful substances in imported seafood (EN +$7,500 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Provides relative to core curriculum requirements for TOPS (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Requests the La. Sexual Assault Oversight Commission to study and make recommendations concerning access by adult survivors of sexual assault to their records related to forensic medical examinations

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to certain motor vehicle transactions (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Commends the Louisiana Art and Science Museum on its sixtieth anniversary

Sponsor: Larry Selders

Exempts certain infused prescription drugs from local sales tax. (7/1/21) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Morris

Provides relative to the office of rural development and the Rural Development Program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Creates a task force to study how to develop a more diverse group of candidates for head coach and athletic director positions at public postsecondary education institutions

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Designates a portion of Interstate 220 in Shreveport and Caddo Parish as the "Minnion Dewayne Jackson Memorial Overpass"

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Directs flood protection districts and parish governing authorities in areas benefitting from the federal Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) to contribute towards the $400 million annual payments the state must make for this project (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Creates the Louisiana Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Creates a retired clerks and clerk's employees insurance fund for the Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for an exception to the prohibition on political activity by members of civil service systems

Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau

Adds mucopolysaccharidosis type I and glycogen storage disorder type II to the state's newborn screening panel (EN +$187,717 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Provides relative to the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Reallocates a portion of the state sales tax on room rentals in St. Landry Parish to the Liberty Theatre in Eunice. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the State and Local Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides for the crime of staging of a motor vehicle collision (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides relative to fee increases for the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (EN +$16,611,750 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides relative to certain commercial driver's license applicants (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Creates a task force to study issues related to teacher shortages in Louisiana

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Exempts certain unclaimed property information from the Public Records Law. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Provides for definitions and exemptions relative to telemedicine and telehealth

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Increases debt limitation on assessed valuation of taxable property in Iowa Fire Protection District No. 1. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides relative to lifetime livestock brand recordation and fees

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to constructive surrender and non-warrant surrender

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Provides relative to Louisiana School Boards Association employees' membership in retirement systems (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides relative to required instruction in elementary and secondary schools on the health risks of vapor products (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Provides for promulgation of emergency rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to the presence of the defendant in misdemeanor prosecutions

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to certain judgeships in the Twenty-First Judicial District (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Amends the rights and powers of the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Provides for bids, claims, and payments involving public contracts.

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Provides relative to the recusal of judges

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Provides relative to the selection of architectural and engineering services

Sponsor: Foy Gadberry

Provides relative to the assessment of late fees and penalties relative to certain reports and financial disclosure statements required to be filed with the Board of Ethics (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to investment authority of the treasurer (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides that airport facility plans are confidential

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides relative to investments of domestic insurers. (1/1/22)

Sponsor: Barry Milligan

Authorizes transfer on death of certain securities. (1/1/22)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the coroner of St. Tammany Parish

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Designates Act No. 259 of the 2020 Regular Session as "The Remy Hidalgo Act"

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Allows a sheriff or deputy sheriff to purchase a duty weapon upon retirement for fair market value

Sponsor: Scott McKnight

Provides relative to health insurance coverage modifications and unfair or deceptive practices. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to the selection of certain optional survivor benefits for members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides for the regulation of pharmacy services administrative organizations

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides relative to the posting of bail

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Authorizes the La. State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to implement fees for certain services (EN +$78,750 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Provides relative to the Louisiana Municipal Natural Gas Purchasing and Distribution Authority

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Bunkie Housing Authority

Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel

Authorizes use of Parish Transportation Fund monies for mass transit in Tangipahoa Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Exempts purchases of certain school buses from sales and use tax. (7/1/21) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Creates the Plank Road Economic Development District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requires notices of reinstatement of a casualty policy to go to all relevant parties. (1/1/22)

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Provides relative to the harvesting of cypress trees on state property

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to the use of genetic information in underwriting for life and long-term care insurance

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Provides relative to recreational vehicle warranties. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Creates an individual income tax checkoff for the La. State University Agricultural Center Grant Walker Educational Center (4-H Camp Grant Walker) (EN NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Provides relative to the process by which the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission can change the daily take, possession, and size limits of certain fish in Lake D'Arbonne in Union Parish

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides relative to the classified fire service in the city of Zachary

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Provides for an extension to the moratorium on additional beds for nursing facilities. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Removes the termination of the Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Authorizes the exchange of state property in Caddo, Sabine, Richland, and Morehouse Parishes for property in Ouachita Parish

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to a district attorney's responsibility in an action objecting to the candidacy of a person who qualified as a candidate in a primary election

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to the preservation of public records. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Provides relative to the discharge or use of Class B fire fighting foam containing fluorinated organic chemicals

Sponsor: Dodie Horton

Provides relative to the board of directors of the Livingston Parish Convention and Visitors' Bureau

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Provides for the identification of certain impounded animals. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Provides relative to the membership of the governing board of the Livingston Parish Ward Two Water District

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides relative to compensation considered in the calculation of contributions and benefits for the District Attorneys' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Provides relative to mental health rehabilitation services contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations. (1/1/22) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program and the Major Events Incentive Program Subfund. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Establishes an exception to public records requirements for certain information by the secretary of state

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to the membership of the Reentry Advisory Council

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Requests the Sixteenth Judicial District Court to make recommendations for the redistricting of election sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests the City Court of Baton Rouge to make recommendations for the redistricting of election sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Memorializes Congress to enact the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA).

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Creates a joint subcommittee to review and make recommendations relative to all aspects of the state pilot program on the Mississippi River

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Requests a study of the use of facial recognition data by law enforcement

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Requests the Louisiana School Boards Association to review check-out procedures at schools

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Commends Lusher Charter School students Derek Zhang and Iman Ferguson on winning state titles in the 2020 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division III swim championships

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Requests the Third Circuit Court of Appeal to make recommendations for the redistricting of election districts and sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Directs the Louisiana Department of Health and the LSU Health Services Center - New Orleans, health care services division, to report on the use and results of hydroxychloroquine on Medicaid patients for treating COVID-19.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Commends Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarthy on 25 years of exceptional radio broadcasting.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Authorizes and directs the La. Department of Health to report to certain legislative committees data relating to Medicaid estate recovery cases

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Requests the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to hold a public hearing and invite representatives from the Police Jury Association of Louisiana and the Louisiana Municipal Association and other impacted entities for the purpose of receiving public testimony on issues and concerns related to the development and production of solar energy in the state and to provide guidance addressing those issues and concerns.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Requests the Nineteenth Judicial District Court to make recommendations for the redistricting of election sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests the Fourth Judicial District Court to make recommendations for the redistricting of election sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Landry Rivers on being selected as the 2021 Bossier Parish Elementary Student of the Year.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Scott Angelle, the longest serving Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, United States Department of Interior, for his efforts regarding offshore worker safety, environmental sustainability of offshore energy, increasing economic activity, and improving conservation of offshore resources.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commends Jaden D. Johnson on her selection as the ninety-first Miss Southern University

Sponsor: Ken Brass

Commends the Isidore Newman School girls' golf team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Division II state championship

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Re-establishes the Lower Pearl River Basin task force.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Requests the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court to make recommendations for the redistricting of election sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends De La Salle High School students Zachary Lauland and Bryon Phillips III on winning state titles in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Division III state wrestling championships

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to amend the state Medicaid plan to extend postpartum coverage for a full year after pregnancy ends.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Commends Dr. Dawn Harris Jeffries on becoming the new president and CEO of the Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Commends Lusher Charter School senior Reign Riley on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class 4A girls' shot put title

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Commends Jim "Doc" Murphy on the occasion of his retirement from McNeese State University.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Requests the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal to make recommendations for the redistricting of election districts of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends the Champagne family of St. Charles Parish as the most military family in America.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Requests La. Dept. of Health to amend the Medicaid state plan to allow for postpartum Medicaid coverage for 12 months after childbirth for certain pregnant individuals

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Commends the Isidore Newman School girls' soccer team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Division IV state championship

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Expresses condolences on the death of Morehouse College men's basketball coach Grady Brewer.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Becky Louque for being named the St. James Parish School System's 2020-2021 Principal of the Year.

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Commends the equine industry in St. Landry Parish for its cultural and economic impact to the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to a recycling program at the state capitol

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Commends the Eleanor McMain Secondary School boys' basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class 4A state championship

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Commends Gregg Gothreaux on his many accomplishments and years of service with the Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA).

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Gregg Gothreaux on his many accomplishments and years of service with the Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA).

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Senate security officer, James Richard Bright, on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests the Second Circuit Court of Appeal to make recommendations for the redistricting of election districts and sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Expresses condolences on the death of Charles Alexander Hemmans

Sponsor: Edward James

Expresses condolences on the death of Emmanuel Slack

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Creates Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic Filing and Records Retention.

Sponsor: John Morris

Requests the attorney general to reestablish the Task Force on Protecting Children from Exposure to Pornography to study all issues related to the exposure of children to pornography and the impact it has on their lives.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Requests the office of public health, Louisiana Department of Health, to provide a comprehensive list of all schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprietary schools, vocational schools, and licensed day care centers that have sought approval of the office to require a COVID-19 immunization pursuant to R.S. 17:170(A)(3).

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Requests the Supreme Court to make recommendations for the redistricting of election districts of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice to study the issue of non-capital felony sentencing

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Requests the New Orleans City Council to implement a comprehensive plan to address property blight in New Orleans East.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Requests the Lafayette Economic Development Authority to develop and implement a comprehensive economic development strategic plan for the northern part of the city of Lafayette.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Requests the Fifteenth Judicial District Court to make recommendations for the redistricting of election sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Southern University Laboratory School Coach Rebecca Marshall on the occasion of her retirement

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Expresses sincere condolences upon the death of Martha Delia Battaglio.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Expresses condolences on the death of Ernest Stephens.

Sponsor: Edward Price

Requests the state Department of Education to recreate the Louisiana Early Literacy Commission to study and make recommendations relative to improving reading proficiency for certain students.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Requests Louisiana congressional delegation to take steps to modify the federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation supplement in a way that will promote individual claiming benefits to return to work.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Requests local governing authorities and animal shelters to adopt policies and programs to provide alternatives to euthanizing healthy dogs and cats.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Continues the Task Force on Prevention of Human Degradation and Exploitation of Vulnerable Individuals in Community-Based Residential Settings.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Benefits of Marriage and Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Expresses condolences upon the death of James H. (Jim) Wharton, former LSU chancellor.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Requests the state Department of Education to study the provision of duty-free lunch periods to public school teachers.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Requests the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal to make recommendations for the redistricting of election districts and sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Volunteers of America on the occasion of its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Creates a task force to study the implementation and funding of mental health courts in Senate District No. 34.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Requests the state Department of Education to identify providers of violence and suicide prevention training that is available at no or low cost.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to qualification of jurors

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Requests the Department of Natural Resources, office of coastal management, to review permitting cycle times and to make recommendations to expedite the permitting process.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Requests the First Circuit Court of Appeal to make recommendations for the redistricting of election districts and sections of the court.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to parole (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Bryant

Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2021-2022 school year. (7/1/21) (EN +$18,763,359 EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to discharge and dismissals of prosecutions for misdemeanor convictions

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Provides relative to the imposition of court costs in proceedings involving children (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Provides relative to matching funds for nonstate projects in capital outlay acts.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Decreases probation and parole fees for certain offenders (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides with respect to the procedure of arrest of persons with minor or dependent children (EN +$56,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ed Larvadain

Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2020-2021

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Designates Juneteenth as a state holiday

Sponsor: Larry Selders

Suspends criminal penalties for emergency order violations (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Danny McCormick

Urges and requests the administration of President Biden to end its pause on offshore oil and gas leasing

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Establishes and recognizes the Central Louisiana Delegation Caucus

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Requests the Supreme Court of Louisiana to approve ethics training for legislators

Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe

Provides relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using wireless telecommunication devices (RE1 See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides relative to the geographic location for the taking of menhaden (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Orgeron

Creates a task force to study implementing a paid family and medical leave program in the state

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Commends the Department of Transportation and Development on its centennial celebration

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Commends the Barbe High School softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class 5A state championship

Sponsor: Phillip Tarver

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study and report on processes used to collect, investigate, track, monitor, and disclose complaints and deficiencies relative to child care providers

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Continues the Joint Subcommittee on International Trade to study how to best capitalize on Louisiana's international trade potential

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Requests the State Police Commission to adopt policies that reflect legislation recommended by the Police Training, Screening, and De-escalation Task Force

Sponsor: Edward James

Requests a study of policies relative to certain health issues of women prisoners

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Prohibits the use of private funds to pay election-related expenses

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Authorizes a member of the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee to request the presiding officer of his house to designate another member to serve as his proxy at a meeting of the committee that the member is unable to attend

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Creates a commission to study the procedures for processing felony sentences and calculating incarceration release dates of persons in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections

Sponsor: Edward James

Authorizes the establishment of a subcommittee of the Committee on Finance to study Louisiana Workforce Commission administration of the federal unemployment compensation program.

Sponsor: Mack White

Requests that the Bd. of Regents and the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education study the possibility of allowing a course in African American Studies to satisfy certain curriculum requirements

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Prohibits schools from being members of or participating in athletic competitions sponsored by an association that is not audited by the legislative auditor (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Memorializes congress to modify the H-2B nonimmigrant program to assist with labor workforce shortage in the state

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Requests a study concerning a potential system for tracking the location of children with developmental and intellectual disabilities

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the office of the governor to study voluntary universal home visiting for all families with young children in the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Directs the Firefighters' Retirement System to form a committee to study issues related to allowing employees of private entities to participate in the system

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Memorializes Congress to enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Designates June 3, 2021, as Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association Day at the legislature

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends the Jena High School softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class 3A state championship

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Urges and requests the Department of Environmental Quality to implement measures to prevent the release and discharge of preproduction plastic from facilities into the waters of the state of Louisiana

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Requests the office of alcohol and tobacco control to study issues related to prevention of access to tobacco products by underage persons

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Urges and requests the governor to consider instituting a program to incentivize COVID-19 vaccine take-up modeled on the Ohio Vax-a-Million lottery program

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Requests the Bd. of Regents and LSU Board of Supervisors to study and report relative to the status of the LSU Shreveport Commitment Plan of 2012

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Requires instruction regarding World War II and the Holocaust for high school students and training for teachers relative to such instruction (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Limits certain monies from being used to pay for certain Dept. of Transportation and Development expenses (EG +$31,007,763 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Creates the crime of aggravated distribution of a controlled dangerous substance. (gov sig) (EGF INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Provides relative to mayor's courts providing notice (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Phillip Tarver

Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Exempts admissions to certain live entertainment events from state sales and use tax. (gov sig) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Provides relative to budgetary operations and funding for the Department of Transportation and Development (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Urges and requests the Blanco Center to analyze market demand, market rates, diversity, education and training related to the maritime industry

Sponsor: Frederick Jones

Prohibits an unworthy successor from directly or indirectly benefiting from the death of his spouse or his child. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Provides relative to the compensation of school bus operators (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Malinda White

Provides relative to the administration of the Motion Picture Production Tax Credit. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to self-service storage facilities. (1/1/22)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Exempts certain property belonging to Lafayette and Lafayette Parish from third party transfer requirements

Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau

Requests the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Board to gather certain information and present their findings to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 17 on Teacher of the Year Day in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Provides relative to sanctions for a lapse in required liability security (RR -$550,000 RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 24 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Deana Padgett on the occasion of her retirement from Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center after 45 years of service.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 28 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Designates September 2021 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 30 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Creates a task force to study the implementation of a partnership between law enforcement agencies and safety net hospitals.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 35 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: John Morris

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 18 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Establishes a task force to study health care outcomes in this state, with particular emphasis on access to care and the role that physician assistants should play to assist with the shortage of health care providers.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 4 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Commends Catherine Coats-Haynes of Academy School for Advanced Studies on being named the Teacher of the Year from a school in Senate District 9 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 12 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends Shirley Grimes on her retirement from the Ascension Parish School Board.

Sponsor: Edward Price

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 23 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 15 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study Medicaid reimbursements for nonopioid pain treatment and opioid alternatives.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Requests the legislative auditor to conduct an efficiency audit of the Department of Children and Family Services' administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends Mia LeJeune on being awarded the 2021 Truman Scholarship.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 29 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends Southern University baseball team for winning the SWAC title.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Requests the Crab Task Force and the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force, in cooperation with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, to study and make recommendations to reduce damage to crab traps and the number of derelict crab traps in Lake Pontchartrain.

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Commends Senate security officer, Chester Quebedeaux, on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Loyola University New Orleans baseball team on winning the Southern States Athletics Conference regular season title.

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools in Senate District 1 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends Dewanna Drewery of Tara High School on being named the Teacher of the Year from a school in Senate District 16 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Carrie Loridans of Captain Shreve High School on being named Teacher of the Year from a school in Senate District 37 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends the volunteers and members of the 2021 Encourage-A-Legislator Project.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Recognizes April as Sarcoidosis Awareness Month in Louisiana and designates April 13, 2021, as Sarcoidosis Awareness Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 39 on Teacher of the Year Day in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Gregory Tarver

Commends Debra Lawler Beeper Garner on the occasion of her retirement.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Commends the Teacher of the Year from schools located in Senate District 36 on "Teacher of the Year Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Provides relative to delivery of ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages by restaurants

Sponsor: John Illg

Provides for the creation, dedication, use, and investment of the Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides for the salary of the marshal of the city court of Lafayette. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to the composition of the Louisiana Board of Animal Health and its regulatory authority over the disposal of livestock animal carcasses

Sponsor: William Wheat

Provides for the acquisition of blighted property in Lake Charles. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides relative to dealer warranty compensation

Sponsor: John Stefanski

Repeals the exclusion of certain agricultural products authorized to be sampled and analyzed by the commissioner of agriculture. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Cash Management Review Board with respect to financial security and cybersecurity plans and procedures adopted by state agencies, including the assessment and deployment of such plans and procedures (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Provides relative to the composition of the controlled dangerous substances schedules. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Creates the crime of unlawful possession, transfer, or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gregory Tarver

Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 3094 in Shreveport as the "Rev. Dr. Elbert W. 'Eddie' Giles Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Provides relative to state procurement of certain services by use of reverse auction technology. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Extends authority for imposition of certain fees levied by the Louisiana Tax Commission for the assessment of certain properties (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Provides relative to public health programs and services related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Sponsor: Malinda White

Provides for sports wagering (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Stefanski

Provides for the disposition of abandoned property deposited at the state archives. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Repeals crimes relative to defamation

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Designates a portion of North Causeway Boulevard in St. Tammany Parish as the "Captain Vincent N. Liberto, Jr., Memorial Overpass"

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Provides relative to the qualifications of one member of the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Zachary

Sponsor: Daryl Adams

Provides relative to controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides certain enhanced survivor benefits and insurance coverage for the spouses and children of members killed in the line of duty.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Provides relative to group insurance expenses for certain clerks of court. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to the creation of an international language immersion school. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Gregory Tarver

Provides relative to the return of certain schools in the Recovery School District to the transferring school board. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Requires early literacy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Provides for the functions of the jury commission in Franklin Parish. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Provides for post conviction relief with regard to successful "actual innocence" claims. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides relative to time limitations for instituting prosecution for crimes with victims with infirmities

Sponsor: Frederick Jones

Creates and provides for the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Designates portions of state highways for certain individuals. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education take all necessary actions to provide that no measure of student growth be used in the evaluation of teachers for the 2020-2021 school year

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Recognizes June 27, 2021, as Post-traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day in Louisiana

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Designates June 2, 2021, as Civil Legal Aid Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study and submit a report relative to the provision of mental health services in schools and the possibility of providing mental health education to certain students

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Requests each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation, certain state agencies, and private companies to expand the Department of Defense SkillBridge program to include reserve members of the National Guard

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Commends the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans on the occasion of the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Exempts oil production of certain orphaned wells from severance tax (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Recognizes May 16-22, 2021, as Emergency Medical Services Week

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Commends the Choudrant High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class B state championship

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Urges and requests local governing authorities and animal shelters to adopt policies and programs to provide alternatives to euthanization of healthy dogs and cats

Sponsor: Scott McKnight

Designates May 25, 2021, as Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Edward James

Requests the state Department of Education to evaluate training required of teachers

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Establishes the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Innovation Caucus

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Expresses condolences on the death of Bertha Bradford Robinson

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Calls for a convention to amend the United States Constitution to establish a limitation on terms for members of congress

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Provides relative to study of compassionate release, medical treatment furlough, and medical parole requirements

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Commends the Hicks High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class C state championship

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn

Creates the Joint River Pilot Oversight Committee to review and make recommendations relative to all aspects of the state pilot program

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Commends the Bossier Parish Community College softball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association 2021 Division I Region XIV East Conference championship

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Commends Acadian Ambulance on the occasion of the company's fiftieth anniversary

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Commends Janet Faulk-Gonzales on the occasion of her retirement from the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Commends Bossier Parish Community College for its achievements

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Requests a study regarding potential costs, benefits, and public health impacts of Louisiana joining the interstate compact known as the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Expresses condolences on the death of Earl Michael Willis

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Memorializes congress to support the ABLE Age Adjustment Act

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Creates the Safe Alternatives to Segregation Task Force

Sponsor: Mandie Landry

Commends the Bossier Parish Community College debate team on winning the 2021 International Public Debate Association championship

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Provides for eligibility for military honor license plates for members of the Louisiana National Guard. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Repeals certain adjudication, reporting, and notice requirements applicable to certain licensing boards and commissions

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study and work with Interstate 20 Amtrak partners to develop a passenger rail service connecting Texas and Mississippi through North Louisiana

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Designates a portion of United States Highway 425 in the town of Mangham as the "Marshall Waters, Jr. Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to mandatory audits of title insurance producers by title insurers

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides relative to the governance of fire protection districts created by Pointe Coupee Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Requests the federal Office of Management and Budget to maintain the current minimum population Standard for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to credit unions

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides for the purchase of service and salary credit for members furloughed due to COVID-19. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Provides relative to violations by facilities licensed in accordance with the Specialized Provider Licensing Act

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Provides relative to the requirements for officers and directors of domestic regulated entities

Sponsor: Gabe Firment

Requests the Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to certain collateral consequences faced by persons with criminal records.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Creates an individual income tax checkoff for the Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response (STAR) organization (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Malinda White

Suspends certain provisions of law relative to unemployment tax increases and benefit reductions. (EN NO IMPACT OF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for various cancer mutations. (1/1/22)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to banks and banking

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Requires the Evangeline Parish Tax Assessor to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for eligible retirees from the assessor's office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rhonda Butler

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study provisions of law relative to the consent of a curator to an abortion or sterilization of an interdict

Sponsor: Charles Owen

Requests the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission to study local education agency budgets

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Commends the Eleanor McMain Secondary School Mustangs on winning the 2021 4A State Championship in boys basketball.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Commends the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans on its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Provides relative to the amount a time a person may remain in a voting machine

Sponsor: Edward James

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education take all necessary actions to provide that no measure of student growth be used in the evaluation of teachers for the 2020-2021 school year

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Commends Reverend Robin McCullough-Bade on the occasion of her retirement.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

To authorize and direct the Lafayette Economic Development Authority to develop and implement a comprehensive economic development strategic plan for the northern part of the city of Lafayette.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Suspends the provision of law providing for an unemployment insurance solvency tax. (EN NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Provides relative to stockholders' meetings and use of remote communication

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Designates each June 25 from 2021 to 2025 as Clifton Chenier Day in Louisiana

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides relative to expungement of records (RR1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Commends the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port on its 40th anniversary of deepwater port operation.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Commends and congratulates First Baptist Church of Crowville, Louisiana, on its 150th anniversary.

Sponsor: Glen Womack

Creates a task force to study the feasibility of exempting producers of sureties from certain requirements of R.S. 22:855

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Memorializes congress to discontinue federal unemployment compensation benefits

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Provides relative to sexual assault victims as parties to certain residential lease agreements

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Suspends provision of law capping amount of revenue which can be spent by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on in-state advertising. (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Creates a study commission to gather facts on prostitution-related crimes by parish as well as alternatives offered and public health concerns

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides relative to health insurance coverage for mammography. (1/1/22)

Sponsor: Gregory Tarver

Recognizes May first annually as St. Joseph the Worker day in Louisiana; commemorates the "Year of St. Joseph"; recognizes the dignity of all working men and women in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commends Reverend Shelton Charles Dixon upon twenty-five years of outstanding pastoral leadership.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Expresses condolences upon the deaths of former state representative Victor "Vic" Stelly and his wife, Terry Bass Stelly.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to the membership of the Alexandria/Pineville Area Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to the tax on surplus lines and unauthorized insurance (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides for the appointment of members to the nominating committee for the board of commissioners of St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to entrance firefighters and police officer classes. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: John Morris

Repeals requirements for the Department of Insurance to maintain a central database for contact information on life insurance policies in force in the state

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides relative to annual meetings of domestic insurance companies

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Provides relative to the role of the Department of Children and Family Services as an indispensable party in certain domestic matters

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Requires specified members of the parish board of election supervisors to complete annual training relative to the preparation for and conduct of elections (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Foy Gadberry

Commends the John Curtis Christian School Lady Patriots basketball team for winning the 2021 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division I state championship

Sponsor: John Illg

Requests that certain federal funds received be deployed by the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation for certain state seed capital programs

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Recognizes May 22, 2021, as Thelma Jones Haynes Day in the state of Louisiana and commends Ms. Haynes on the occasion of her one hundred fourth birthday

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Designates Tuesday, May 25, 2021 as FFA Day at the state capitol and commends the state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Requests a study regarding potential means of financing dental care for adult residents of intermediate care facilities

Sponsor: Rhonda Butler

Requests a study by certain state agencies concerning the impact of COVID-19 on the public sector workforce of this state

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Requests the legislative auditor to conduct an audit on the use of all forms of solitary confinement of juveniles in facilities housing juveniles

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Directs the Firefighters' Retirement System to form a committee to study issues related to allowing employees of private entities to participate in the system

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Commends Elder John W. Burris, Sr., on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Edward James

Commends the Notre Dame High School baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Division III state championship

Sponsor: John Stefanski

Authorizes the La. Department of Health to contract for the administration of the Medicaid estate recovery program (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Raymond Crews

Expresses condolences on the death of Lafayette community icon, Eleanor Madeline Lazarus Hays.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Robert Showers on his retirement from the Department of Health.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the length and danger of longer freight trains

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Commends Judy Ewell Day for her dedication and service to the state upon the occasion of her retirement as a Louisiana lobbyist.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Recognizes Dr. Ernest W. Kinchen Jr. for a distinguish medical career in service to Louisiana's citizens.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Veronica Lee Downs-Dorsey on her retirement.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to take immediate action to share information, expertise, and resources in an effort to coordinate public, private, and charitable sectors to abate hunger in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commends Terrence L. Carter Jr. on being accepted into West Point Academy.

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Commends Su King on the occasion of her retirement from House Legislative Services

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Commends the Gamma Rho Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., for its community service during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Designates, Wednesday, May 26, 2021 as 4-H Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Designates May 2021 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Dedicates a portion of the existing tax levied on gasoline and diesel into the Construction Subfund and imposes a one-time road-use fee on electric and hybrid vehicles (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers claiming a dependent less than eighteen years of age (EG -$60,600,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Requests BESE and public school governing authorities to adopt policies making face coverings optional for students.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Commends St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church for its community involvement

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Designates May 19, 2021, as Louisiana Craft Brewers' Day in Louisiana

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides relative to the powers granted to parish and municipal governing authorities to regulate the storing or abandoning of junk or junked vehicles

Sponsor: Vincent St. Blanc

Provides for a single rate of corporation franchise tax. (See Act) (EG -$24,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Commends Reverend Dr. Lionel Davis, Sr., on the occasion of his twentieth pastoral anniversary

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Commends Bernard "Bunny" Newell, Sr., on walking during the graduation ceremony for the St. Augustine Senior High School Class of 2021

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Designates May 15-22, 2021, as Police Week in Louisiana

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Designates May 11, 2021, as Hospital Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Expresses condolences on the death of Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III, former governor of Louisiana

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health, to study drug-related overdoses

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Expresses condolences upon the death of the Rt. Reverend Charles Edwards Jenkins III, the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port on its 40th anniversary of deepwater port operation.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Commends Acadian Companies for 50 years of service to the citizens of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Designates the month of May 2021 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Ralph Michael "Mike" Hennessee.

Sponsor: Mike Reese

Recognizes the week of May 16-22, 2021, as Emergency Medical Services Week.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Memorializes Congress to rename the Lafayette VA Clinic in honor of Rodney C. Hamilton Sr.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit for certain taxpayers for a specific period of time (EG -$1,400,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

(Constitutional Amendment) Establishes certain property tax exemptions for capital investment projects (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to second degree murder (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Frederick Jones

Provides relative to the delivery of Medicaid-funded services for persons with disabilities (EG1 +$292,964 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Commends Dr. Chris J. Leumas on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Commends Brother Martin High School on winning the 2021 Louisiana High School Athletic Association boys' bowling championship

Sponsor: Matthew Willard

Expresses condolences on the death of Lloyd Price

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Expresses condolences on the death of Norma Jane Sabiston

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Commends the Northside Christian High School softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Division V state championship

Sponsor: John Stefanski

Commends Dr. Roger Rholdon, Sr., on the occasion of his retirement

Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello

Expresses condolences on the death of Mark C. Link

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Commends Isaiah McCrory of the Notre Dame High School powerlifting team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Division IV 198-pound weight class state championship

Sponsor: John Stefanski

Provides relative to the maximum weekly benefit amount and creates a back-to-work enhancement program (OR INCREASE OF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Requests the Department of Insurance to create a task force to study best practices for coverage of long-term supports and services.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Authorizes and directs healthcare professional licensing boards to evaluate potential models for an independent scope of practice review program for this state

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Prohibits race discrimination based on natural hairstyles. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Adjusts the amount of excise tax levied on gasoline, diesel, and special fuels and levies new taxes on gasoline, diesel, special fuels, and electric and hybrid vehicles (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Provides with respect to diminution of sentence and parole eligibility (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Levies taxes on sales of cannabis and provides for the use of the avails of the taxes (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Provides relative to habitual offenders (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Frederick Jones

Requests an efficiency audit of the state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program

Sponsor: Timothy Kerner

Provides relative to specialty licenses for the production of medical marijuana and the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Levies fees for licenses relative to cannabis (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Repeals the marijuana tax levied on certain dealers and repeals provisions related to tax stamps which evidence payment of tax (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Expresses condolences upon the death of Bradley Dewayne Cryer, assistant legislative auditor.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Expresses condolences upon the death of Lloyd Price, Rhythm and Blues artist.

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to homeowner's insurance claims settlement practices

Sponsor: Ed Larvadain

Designates May 25, 2021, as FFA Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and commends the state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Expresses condolences upon the death of Earl Philson.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to river port and steamship pilots

Sponsor: Thomas Pressly

Commends Ubert Terrell on his 101st birthday and for his military service.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends Ro Brown upon receiving the 2021 Louisiana Sports Writers Association's Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Provides relative to the chief of police in the village of Dodson

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Commends former district attorney of the 14th Judicial District, John DeRosier, for his many years of outstanding public service to the city of Lake Charles, the parish of Calcasieu, and the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Requests the office of juvenile justice to report to the Senate Committee on Finance not later than May 31, 2021, on violent incidents occurring at secure care facilities and similar housing.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Commends Dr. Kenneth St. Charles for his leadership and contributions as president and CEO of St. Augustine High School.

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Creates a study group to study the voting rights of persons incarcerated prior to trial.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends Chef Frank Brigtsen of Brigtsen's Restaurant for more than thirty years of culinary excellence and for his contributions to the city of New Orleans and state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Commends the city of Minden for its outstanding fundraising efforts for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and for raising more money per capita for St. Jude than any other city in the United States.

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Designates Monday, May 10, 2021, as Alzheimer's Awareness Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Commends Rickie Weeks Jr. on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Commends Tanya Lea Crowe for being crowned Miss Louisiana USA 2021.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends the Louisiana Assembly of the Association of Surgical Technologists and recognizes September 19-25, 2021, as National Surgical Technologists Week.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends DeVonta Versean Smith of Amite, Louisiana, on being the recipient of the 2020 Heisman Trophy.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Designates May 26, 2021, as 4-H Day at the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana and commends the state 4-H officers.

Sponsor: Stewart Cathey

Commends Ronnie Coleman on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Recognizes April 2021 as Second Chance Month.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends Pine Prairie High School in Evangeline Parish on being named a National ESEA Distinguished School in 2020.

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Joins Louisiana to the interstate compact known as the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases

Sponsor: Robert Owen

Creates certain parks and recreation districts in East Baton Rouge Parish. (7/1/21) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mack White

Provides relative to the posting of bail

Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot

Excludes certain products from the excise tax levied on tobacco (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides with respect to liability for peace officers engaged in certain actions

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Provides for payment enhancements to compensate nonemergency medical transportation providers for cost increases in that industry (EG1 +$1,045,080 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Establishes a joint committee to study the feasibility of creating a Louisiana agricultural food commodities day in public schools

Sponsor: Christopher Turner

Prohibits certain post employment restraints on the practice of medicine on physicians employed by the state (EG SEE FISC NOTE OF EX)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides relative to the regulation of cannabis (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Candace Newell

Provides relative to body camera footage

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Provides relative to solid waste permitted capacity

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides relative to the fee and gross vehicle weight limits and axle weight limits for special permits (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for a flat tax on individual income and eliminates the mandatory income tax deduction for federal income taxes paid for purposes of computing income taxes (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Directs elementary and secondary schools and higher education institutions that require a COVID-19 vaccination to inform students or parents of their right to choose not to receive the vaccination

Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston

Dedicates a portion of the avails of state sales and use tax to the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund and extends .4% of current state sales and use tax (EG -$37,800,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Commends the members of the board of directors of the Louisiana School Boards Association

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides for a flat tax rate for purposes of calculating income tax for individuals, estates, and trusts and modifies income tax credits and deductions (EG +$6,900,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Commends the winners of Teacher of the Year in Louisiana

Sponsor: Aimee Freeman

Designates May 10, 2021, as Alzheimer's Awareness Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Designates May 2021 as Maternal Mental Health Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Designates April 28, 2021, as the first annual Louisiana Loggers Day at the Capitol

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Commends Glenn Dorsey on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Katherine Lindley Spaht Dodson.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Expresses condolences upon the death of Neil Graham Odenwald.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for an increase in the administrative penalties assessed for the misclassification of employees (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Commends Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf on being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Provides relative to wine producers

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu

Provides relative to continuing education for insurance claims adjusters

Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston

Commends Phil Robertson upon being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Commends Mackie Freeze, an outstanding baseball player and high school football coach, upon being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Establishes a task force to study crime and crime prevention in Ouachita Parish.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends Courtney Blades-Rogers upon being inducted in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

(Constitutional Amendment) Eliminates the mandate for the corporation income tax deduction for federal income taxes paid (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

To recognize and commend the board of directors and the members of the Louisiana School Boards Association.

Sponsor: Edward Price

Expresses condolences upon the death of Mr. Walton "Buddy" Daisy Jr.

Sponsor: Michael Fesi

Recognizes Wednesday, May 5, 2021, as Tourism Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Expresses condolences upon the death of Richard Sanders Morris Sr.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Kent Lowe on receiving the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 2020 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism.

Sponsor: Louie Bernard

Recognizes Wednesday, May 5, 2021, as Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends Kim Mulkey on being named the head coach of the Louisiana State University womens basketball program.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Establishes a task force to study crime and crime prevention in Morehouse Parish.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to the payment of pharmacy claims. (See Act) (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Designates May 2-9, 2021, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides relative to hurricane, named storm, and wind and hail deductibles. (1/1/22) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends the members of the United States Armed Forces for their service and proclaims May 2021 as Military Appreciation Month

Sponsor: William Wheat

Requests the Louisiana Legislature to prioritize spending monies received by the state from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on certain existing obligations

Sponsor: Phillip Tarver

Commends Louisiana Tech University for its encouragement of campus-wide healthy tech use on Digital Wellness Day, May 7, 2021

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides relative to the burial of certain persons

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Commends Alexandria city councilman, Harry Silver, on his retirement

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Requests that the Dept. of Children and Family Services study out-of-state expenditures of Louisiana-issued Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in order to identify fraud

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Expresses condolences on the death of Baton Rouge police officer, Lieutenant Glenn Hutto, Jr.

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Urges the state superintendent to request school and district performance score waivers from the U.S. Department of Education for the 2020-2021 school year

Sponsor: Buddy Mincey

Requests that the Dept. of Children and Family Services develop data-sharing agreements with the appropriate authorities to identify lottery and other gaming winners who receive SNAP benefits

Sponsor: Michael Echols

Provides relative to the use of genetic information in underwriting for life and long-term care insurance

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Provides for a referendum election in St. Tammany Parish regarding riverboat gaming (OR SEE FISC NOTE RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson

Allows state and private landowners to enter into boundary agreements concerning disputed property

Sponsor: Dewith Carrier

Provides relative to advanced esthetics

Sponsor: Debbie Villio

Provides relative to determination of ownership of a domestic animal. (8/1/21)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to the Department of Transportation and Development's authority over high-occupancy vehicle lanes on state highways (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Commends the Arcadia High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2021 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 1A state championship

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Commends the Simsboro High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2021 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class B state championship

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Expresses condolences upon the death of Rosemary Searcy Campbell.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to voter rolls. (6/1/22) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Heather Cloud

Commends Joel Walker for earning the national Cooke College Scholarship.

Sponsor: Edward Price

Recognizes April 28, 2021, as Workers' Memorial Day in recognition of workers killed, injured, and disabled on the job.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Creates the Insurance Regulatory Sandbox Program. (8/1/21) (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Mills

Commends Coach Jesse "Jay" Carlin III on his election to the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Recognizes Historically Black Colleges and Universities Day at the Capitol.

Sponsor: Cleo Fields

Provides relative to social media websites

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Provides relative to the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program. (gov sig) (EG +$3,413,770 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick McMath

Commends Holly Frederick Reynolds for her animal rights advocacy

Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg

Designates April 26, 2021, as HBCU Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Jason Hughes

Expresses condolences on the death of William Thomas "Bill" Bergeron

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Commends Water Wise Gulf South and its founding member Dana Brown

Sponsor: Royce Duplessis

Expresses the condolences of the legislature on the death of Louisiana congressman-elect Luke Letlow

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Louisiana Restaurant Association on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Recognizes April 2021 as West Nile Virus Awareness Month

Sponsor: William Wheat

Expresses condolences on the death of Charles Earl "Charlie" Martin

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Designates April 2021 as Autism Acceptance Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Expresses condolences on the death of former state representative Stephen F. Carter

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to the disposition of dogs used in dogfighting

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Provides relative to solid waste permitted capacity

Sponsor: Troy Romero

Provides for decriminalization of marijuana and regulation of marijuana for recreational use (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Richard Nelson

Establishes a task force to study and report on Medicaid managed care for individuals receiving long-term supports and services.

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides for the rate of corporation income tax (RE -$56,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education collect, analyze, and report data relative to certain high and low performing schools

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Commends Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry

Sponsor: Mark Wright

Provides for recommittal of any instrument with a specified fiscal impact to the Committee on Appropriations

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides for uniform definitions of independent contractor and employee, and for penalties for the misclassification of employees. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (1/1/22) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)